Facets of human conditions: Some artistic records and ethnotheatrical interpretations of ex-gambling addicts

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Abstract

This article aims to display an ethnodrama playscript with the story of a gambling husband coping with his financial struggle and his family’s emotional reactions. The researcher was involved as collaborating playwright in the project, assisting a devising director who led a group of ex-gambling addicts and their family members referred by a Hong Kong counselling service. The ethnotheatre generated, interpreted and mediated data from interviews and devising sessions, and exhibited a painful story about the downfall of a taxi driver who earned easy money by betting and ended up in heavy debt, having to resort to begging his wife for money. The article also includes a discussion on reality and truth, as interpretation perspectives in arts-based research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)57-70
Number of pages14
JournalApplied Theatre Research
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • applied theatre
  • arts-based research
  • data generation
  • ethnodrama
  • ethnotheatre
  • problem gambling
  • reality theatre

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